Senate listens to arguments to do away with daylight savings time.

[Hey Yo]

Good..... get rid of it.


A Senate committee heard from several experts Thursday on setting a year-round time standard instead of switching back and forth with daylight saving time. President Trump recently called it a "50/50 issue," but he previously vowed to get rid of daylight saving.

At the hearing, the committee's chairman, Sen. Ted Cruz, said there is a general consensus among his colleagues that the system of switching the clocks needs to be changed, but he said there is disagreement about whether to adopt universal standard time or daylight saving time.

Cruz said an alternative has been discussed to pick daylight saving time, but letting states opt out. Arizona and Hawaii current opt out of changing the clock. But others said in Thursday's hearing that having different standards for different states could cause widespread confusion.

The Senate Commerce Committee hearing notice did not set a preference for daylight saving time or standard time, but instead said it would focus on "various issues around whether the country should continue 'springing forward' and 'falling back' each year with time."

The twice-yearly time changes are generally unpopular among Americans, with 63% saying they would like to eliminate them completely, compared to just 16% who said they would not, according to an Economist/YouGov poll in November 2021.

"People across our country are tired of the constant cycle of falling back and springing forward," Democratic Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware said, calling it time for a "thoughtful solution" across the country.

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[Gudo]

I hope they get rid of it.

[BurningHammer]

This has been in talks for quite sometimes in both USA and Canada.

[ShawkFactory]

No...keep daylight savings time. Get rid of the other one. Just keep the clocks as they are now and I'm good.

[Off the Court]

This has been in talks for quite sometimes in both USA and Canada.

This

Which is why I'm not holding my breath


It feels like this comes up every single year, and nothing ever gets done.

[Chick Stern]

This

Which is why I'm not holding my breath


It feels like this comes up every single year, and nothing ever gets done.

It’s just theater to distract from the cratering market.
Bread and circuses